Quotes about Perishable
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
— 1 Corinthians 15:53
Every man becomes the image of the God he adores. He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. He who loves corruption rots. He who loves a shadow becomes, himself, a shadow. He who loves things that must perish lives in dread of their perishing.
— Thomas Merton
The world glories and trusts in honor, power, riches, and the favor of men. Our psalm, however, glories in none of these, for they are all uncertain and perishable.
— Martin Luther
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
— 1 Corinthians 15:42
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:54
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
— 1 Corinthians 9:25
To mock at her form was an indirect accusation of her Creator, who framed her after the fashion He liked best, and gave her a mind that far excelled the transient endowments of perishable flesh.
— John Foxe
strength and purpose come from you. Direct our steps today, and turn us from the perishable things at which we grasp. Cast your light upon us so that our lives may bear witness to the light of Christ. Amen.
— Shane Claiborne
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
— Psalm 129:6
Thousands of ordinary people were part of this metropolis, but their homes would have been perishable wattle and thatch, stuccoed with lime and mud. Every trace of their living has returned to the earth now, except for the limestone temples of art and worship. The things made of ambition, which rise higher than daily bread.
— Barbara Kingsolver
High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past its prime, it is similarly deadly.
— Barbara Kingsolver
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
— 1 Peter 1:18